Comments on: Electronic Music and The Mainstream http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/ >>all about music Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:01:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: earl http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-20653 earl Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:37:57 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-20653 Why would you possibly want it to go mainstream? You'd regret it very thoroughly, to the point where you would actually begin to hate some of your favourite tracks and wish you'd kept your mouth shut. Some of it is beginning to make appearances in car commercials and Starbucks for god's sake! The music doesn't deserve such awful treatment. I'm with everybody else on this one, keep good music to yourself, let the stupid people continue listening to their brainwashing crap. Why would you possibly want it to go mainstream? You’d regret it very thoroughly, to the point where you would actually begin to hate some of your favourite tracks and wish you’d kept your mouth shut.

Some of it is beginning to make appearances in car commercials and Starbucks for god’s sake! The music doesn’t deserve such awful treatment.

I’m with everybody else on this one, keep good music to yourself, let the stupid people continue listening to their brainwashing crap.

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]]> By: e1 http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-1128 e1 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:53:52 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-1128 Found this whilst browsing around. Excellent article, I'd like to agree with those above who said they prefered the genre be niche and secret. It's like we steal away into the night to steamy backhouse nightclubs and enjoy our fine wine, so to speak. People who listen to the mainstream listen to music for different reasons. They `hear` the music, but they don't `listen` to it. People who are really into their electronic music are people who are passionate about music. Fact. Found this whilst browsing around. Excellent article, I’d like to agree with those above who said they prefered the genre be niche and secret. It’s like we steal away into the night to steamy backhouse nightclubs and enjoy our fine wine, so to speak. People who listen to the mainstream listen to music for different reasons. They `hear` the music, but they don’t `listen` to it. People who are really into their electronic music are people who are passionate about music. Fact.

]]> By: jeej http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-399 jeej Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:34:32 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-399 Artists work often does have to be butchered before it's released for the charts. I think Jamie T had to get rid of about 2 verses in his track 'Sheila' before it got its chart release. Artists work often does have to be butchered before it’s released for the charts. I think Jamie T had to get rid of about 2 verses in his track ‘Sheila’ before it got its chart release.

]]> By: Aaron http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-397 Aaron Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:49:55 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-397 I understood singles couldn't have more than three tracks, shutting out dance singles completely as one of their selling points used to be good value for money and many remixes, but I didn't realise tracks cannot be longer than around 3m20. It almost seems an artist's work must be butchered before it can even enter the charts. A part of me is glad my preferred musical genre is hidden away, it makes it special somehow, almost like a secret. As long as I can seek out new artists, something the internet is invaluable for, and they keep getting paid enough, something I assume happens, I suppose it doesn't really matter if every idiot listens to my preferred genre or not. It would be nice to have a mainstream which opens up opportunities not just to music executives who are manufactoring bands and marketing them to people who seem to have heard nothing but the spice girls from birth, but to people who a real love for music and create music in their space time. To that end, myspace seems to be spurting out a lot of unknown artists. I even saw a music festival with a 'myspace tent' advertised. It would be nice to open up the mainstream, perhaps even educate people in the many genres of music. Oh and girls with a good music taste, I met a girl like that once. Ah good times, good times. If you both choose to fill your heads with the same kind of music, it often seems destined you'll get along. I understood singles couldn’t have more than three tracks, shutting out dance singles completely as one of their selling points used to be good value for money and many remixes, but I didn’t realise tracks cannot be longer than around 3m20. It almost seems an artist’s work must be butchered before it can even enter the charts.

A part of me is glad my preferred musical genre is hidden away, it makes it special somehow, almost like a secret. As long as I can seek out new artists, something the internet is invaluable for, and they keep getting paid enough, something I assume happens, I suppose it doesn’t really matter if every idiot listens to my preferred genre or not.

It would be nice to have a mainstream which opens up opportunities not just to music executives who are manufactoring bands and marketing them to people who seem to have heard nothing but the spice girls from birth, but to people who a real love for music and create music in their space time. To that end, myspace seems to be spurting out a lot of unknown artists. I even saw a music festival with a ‘myspace tent’ advertised.

It would be nice to open up the mainstream, perhaps even educate people in the many genres of music.

Oh and girls with a good music taste, I met a girl like that once. Ah good times, good times. If you both choose to fill your heads with the same kind of music, it often seems destined you’ll get along.

]]> By: monthly http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-385 monthly Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:39:41 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-385 haha I know the types. And to be fair, it's mainly girls. Absolutely petrified of looking different/weird. haha I know the types. And to be fair, it’s mainly girls. Absolutely petrified of looking different/weird.

]]> By: jeej http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-382 jeej Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:22:38 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-382 I love the disclaimer in brackets! I know recently there's been that software in the news that labels are using to determine whether their songs will do well in the charts, people like James Blunt and Moby use it, apparently. It basically calculates whether a listener will enjoy it as much as previous hits - scans for the same structure etc... I think it's down to how much exposure someone has had of a certain sound and how open minded they are. I have a friend that wont even listen to music unless she's heard it on the radio half a dozen times first. I leant her the Damien Rice album as a substitute for James Blunt, and even an Eels album and Kings of Leon. She didn't bloody touch them. In fact, she'd only listen to Red Morning Light off the first KOL album cos she knew it!!! She even turned her nose up at the Gnarls Barkley album until it got played and played on the radio over and over. Drives me insane. What I'm saying is; the mainstream don't go looking for new or different music. They wait for it to come to them - happy in the knowledge that they'll be happy with whatever is presented to them on the radio or tv. My sister cant even explain why she likes the music she listens too, it's like she's been possessed by Shakira's hips or something. I love the disclaimer in brackets!

I know recently there’s been that software in the news that labels are using to determine whether their songs will do well in the charts, people like James Blunt and Moby use it, apparently. It basically calculates whether a listener will enjoy it as much as previous hits – scans for the same structure etc…

I think it’s down to how much exposure someone has had of a certain sound and how open minded they are. I have a friend that wont even listen to music unless she’s heard it on the radio half a dozen times first. I leant her the Damien Rice album as a substitute for James Blunt, and even an Eels album and Kings of Leon. She didn’t bloody touch them. In fact, she’d only listen to Red Morning Light off the first KOL album cos she knew it!!! She even turned her nose up at the Gnarls Barkley album until it got played and played on the radio over and over. Drives me insane.

What I’m saying is; the mainstream don’t go looking for new or different music. They wait for it to come to them – happy in the knowledge that they’ll be happy with whatever is presented to them on the radio or tv. My sister cant even explain why she likes the music she listens too, it’s like she’s been possessed by Shakira’s hips or something.

]]> By: monthly http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-380 monthly Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:44:16 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-380 I'm starting to actually find that mainstream and what we'd associate with the "underground" are actually starting to bridge in to each other, well, in one direction certainly. I've known a fair bit of house music for a while, and on compilations you start to stop seeing less DJ IbizaInYourFace and more artists like Nightmares On Wax, Felix Da Housecat for example. Ok, they're not particularly House-y, but people are becoming open arms to something different. Yesterday, I saw a GIRL on a TRAIN, wearing PINK, and she was listening to Cut Chemist! I almost enjoyed hearing the tinny treble coming out of very loud earphones. I've almost forgotten where I was going with this, I guess: Heads up guys, you might just find a girlfriend who's found music even YOU don't know about. (Not sexist) I’m starting to actually find that mainstream and what we’d associate with the “underground” are actually starting to bridge in to each other, well, in one direction certainly. I’ve known a fair bit of house music for a while, and on compilations you start to stop seeing less DJ IbizaInYourFace and more artists like Nightmares On Wax, Felix Da Housecat for example. Ok, they’re not particularly House-y, but people are becoming open arms to something different.
Yesterday, I saw a GIRL on a TRAIN, wearing PINK, and she was listening to Cut Chemist! I almost enjoyed hearing the tinny treble coming out of very loud earphones.
I’ve almost forgotten where I was going with this, I guess: Heads up guys, you might just find a girlfriend who’s found music even YOU don’t know about. (Not sexist)

]]> By: Tom http://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-378 Tom Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:31:16 +0000 https://jeej.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/electronic-music-and-the-mainstream/#comment-378 Nice one Weeks, this is a topic which comes up in my mind almost everyday, being a somewhat larry amungst my friends whom only a handfull will give Electronica a chance. To be honest. I like it the way it is. I don't care if I get stick from people who keep the Artic Monkeys on repeat all day because thats what everyone else is doing, its about the feeling you get when you play a track which you havn't heard in weeks and it just causes instant happiness, something you don't get if you're music sounds the same as every other band there is and is played all day on the radio. A good example of something special going mainstream is Lily Allen. I was listening to her before any of my friends knew who she was. Her single comes out and everyone is singing it and claiming to be her biggest fan. I know this was always going to happen, but the fact that everyone listens to it somehow takes away from the pleasure of listening to it, and when you hear it everyday, it gets boring. I'm glad I don't hear the class of Aphex Twin every single day, its far better to keep it as a treat, the wait makes it even better. Anyway I'll stop ranting, havn't slept properly for a few days so probably makes no sense either but in short, nice article on an interesting topic, and nice summary Jeej :-) Nice one Weeks, this is a topic which comes up in my mind almost everyday, being a somewhat larry amungst my friends whom only a handfull will give Electronica a chance.
To be honest. I like it the way it is. I don’t care if I get stick from people who keep the Artic Monkeys on repeat all day because thats what everyone else is doing, its about the feeling you get when you play a track which you havn’t heard in weeks and it just causes instant happiness, something you don’t get if you’re music sounds the same as every other band there is and is played all day on the radio.

A good example of something special going mainstream is Lily Allen. I was listening to her before any of my friends knew who she was. Her single comes out and everyone is singing it and claiming to be her biggest fan. I know this was always going to happen, but the fact that everyone listens to it somehow takes away from the pleasure of listening to it, and when you hear it everyday, it gets boring.

I’m glad I don’t hear the class of Aphex Twin every single day, its far better to keep it as a treat, the wait makes it even better.

Anyway I’ll stop ranting, havn’t slept properly for a few days so probably makes no sense either but in short, nice article on an interesting topic, and nice summary Jeej :-)

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